Tissue oxygen saturation changes and postoperative complications in cardiac surgery: a prospective observational study.
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ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Cardiac surgery with extracorporeal circulation (ECC) can induce microvascular dysfunction and tissue hypoperfusion. We hypothesized that the alterations in near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)-derived parameters would be associated with post-operative complications in cardiac surgery patients. METHODS:Prospective observational study performed at two University Hospitals. Ninety patients undergoing cardiac surgery with ECC were enrolled. The NIRS sensor was applied on the thenar eminence. A vascular occlusion test (VOT, 3-min ischemia) was performed at baseline (t0), at Intensive Care Unit (ICU) admission (t1), 3 (t2) and 6 (t3) hours later. Baseline tissue oxygen saturation (StO2), oxygen extraction rate and microvascular reactivity indices were calculated. RESULTS:In the first hours after cardiac surgery, StO2 tended to increase (86% [80-89] at T3 versus 82% [79-86] at T0, p?=?ns), while both tissue oxygen extraction and microvascular reactivity tended to decrease, as indicated by increasing occlusion slope (-?8.1%/min [-?11.2 to -?7] at T3 versus -?11.2%/min [-?13.9 to -?7.9] at T0, p?=?ns) and decreasing recovery slope (1.9%/sec [1.1-2.9] at T3 versus 3.1%/sec [2.3-3.9] at T0, p?=?ns). No substantial differences were found in NIRS-derived variables and their changes over time between patients with complications and those without complications. CONCLUSIONS:Peripheral tissue oxygen extraction and microvascular reactivity were reduced during the first hours after cardiac surgery. NIRS-derived parameters were not able to predict complications in this population of cardiac surgery patients.
SUBMITTER: Scolletta S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6916088 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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